Thierry Despont Furniture
French, 1948-2023
Born in France, Thierry Despont studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and earned a Master’s in Urban Design from Harvard. After founding his architectural firm in 1980, he built a prestigious reputation, working on landmark projects such as the Statue of Liberty’s Centennial Restoration, the J. Paul Getty Museum’s Decorative Arts Galleries, and high-end hotels like the Carlyle in New York and Claridge’s in London. His many high profile clients included the likes of Bill Gates and Calvin Klein.
While best known for these projects, Despont was a no less accomplished visual artist. His enthusiasms were myriad, and his work focused on an almost incredible range of subjects, including but not limited to entymology, ichthyology, anthopology, history, and astronomy. The very smallest of earth's creatures, like insects, captivated him no less than the universe’s very largest—planetary bodies and the cosmos. All of his work was informed by an unrivaled art-historical expertise, lead by a wholly unique imagination, and driven by an omniverous curiousity for life and the very nature of existence.
A Knight of the French Legion of Honor and an Interior Design Hall of Fame inductee, Despont also authored design books. He exhibited his paintings and sculptures globally, notably at the Marlborough Gallery in New York, London, and Monaco.
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Creator: Thierry Despont
Large Three-Seater Sofa & Two Armchairs from the collection of Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions of the chairs are: Height: 33" - Width: 40.5" - Depth: 39"
While Thierry Despont (1948 - 2023) was best-known for his architectural practice—for his integral role in the ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Leather, Upholstery, Wood
The Statue of Liberty's Torch from the collection of Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont (1948 - 2023) was best-known for his architectural practice—for his his notable private clients like Bill Gates and Calvin Klein, and for is integral role in the re-i...
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1980s American Vintage Thierry Despont Furniture
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Plaster, Plastic
Modernist Style White Armchair from the collection of Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
While Thierry Despont (1948 - 2023) was best-known for his architectural practice—for his integral role in the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, his re-imagining of the Ritz in P...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Upholstery, Wood
Louis XV style Bergere from the collection of Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
While Thierry Despont (1948 - 2023) was best-known for his architectural practice—for his integral role in the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, his re-imagining of the Ritz in P...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Upholstery, Wood
Thierry Despont, Found Object Sculpture of Insect, United States, 20th Century
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
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Late 20th Century American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Metal
Carom Billiards Table w Dining Top, Thierry Despont, Blatt Billiards, US, 1996
By Blatt Billiards, Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
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1990s American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Brass
Contemporary Bar Stool
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
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21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Mahogany, Upholstery
$35,000
Coffee Table on Wheels, Thierry Despont, US, 20th Century
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
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Late 20th Century American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Aluminum
Untitled Etching 19 Print of a Planet, United States, 2003
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known as a very successful architect, was also an accomplished artist. In his painting practice, when not analyzing the smallest, most detailed creatures of the...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Paper
Thierry Despont, Found Object Insect Sculpture, United States, c. 2007
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures fa...
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Early 2000s American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Metal
Thierry Despont, Insect 49, Found Object Insect Sculpture, US, c. 2007
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures fa...
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Early 2000s American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Metal
Thierry Despont, Mask 35, Found Object Mask Sculpture, US, 2006
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures fa...
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Early 2000s American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Metal
Armillary Sphere 06, Sculpture from the collection of Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known for his architectural practice—for his integral role in the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, his re-imagining of the Ritz in Paris, and the interiors...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Brass, Steel
Thierry Despont, Found Object Mask Sculpture, US, c. 2006
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures fa...
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Early 2000s American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Metal
Sculpture of a White Rhinoceros in Wool from the collection of Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known as a very successful architect, was also an accomplished artist. In his paintings and sculptures, when not analyzing the smallest, most detailed creatures...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Wool
Coffee Table on Wheels, Thierry Despont, US, 20th Century
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
While Thierry Despont (1948 - 2023) was best-known for his architectural practice—for his integral role in the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, his re-imagining of the Ritz in P...
Category
Late 20th Century American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Aluminum, Steel
Thierry Despont, Found Object Insect Sculpture, United States, c. 2007
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures fa...
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Early 2000s American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Metal
NB 12, Large Red Painting of a Planet on Wood Panel, Thierry Despont, US, 2002
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known as a very successful architect, was also an accomplished artist. In his painting practice, when not analyzing the smallest, most detailed creatures of the...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Wood, Glass, Paint
MS 16, Assemblage Insect Sculpture
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures f...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Steel
MS 11 Mechanical Sculpture, Thierry Despont, US, 21st Century
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures fa...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Metal
RF 0411, Framed Print of a Pair of Fish by Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known for his very successful architectural practice, was also an accomplished artist. As a painter (and sculptor) he frequently took for subjects the smallest,...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Paper
OR 08, Mechanical Sculpture from the collection of Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures fa...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Iron, Metal
Armillary Sphere 01 Mixed Media Sculpture in Two Pieces, Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures fa...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Steel
Pair of Contemporary Floor Lamps from the collection of Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
While Thierry Despont (1948 - 2023) was best-known for his architectural practice—for his integral role in the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, his re-imagining of the Ritz in P...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Rattan
Large-scale Painting of a Planet by Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known as a very successful architect, was also an accomplished artist. In his painting practice, when not analyzing the smallest, most detailed creatures of the...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Paint, Wood
NB 07, Large-scale Painting of a Planet by Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known as a very successful architect, was also an accomplished artist. In his painting practice, when not analyzing the smallest, most detailed creatures of the...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Enamel
Drawing of a Nude from the collection of Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Written in bottom right: "After Skrebneski - TWD 91"
While Thierry Despont (1948 - 2023) was best-known for his architectural practice—for his integral role in the restoration of th...
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Late 20th Century American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Paper
OR 06, Sculpture of Moon Disk from the collection of Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known as a very successful architect, was also an accomplished artist. In his sculptures practice, when not analyzing the smallest, most detailed creatures of t...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Metal
Assemblage Fish Sculpture from the collection of Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures fa...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Steel
Vitrine No. 3, Cabinet of Curiosities from the collection of Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Regarding these aesthetic masterworks, architect and artist Thierry W. Despont wrote: "Like a taxidermist in the back room of a natural history museum, I reconstruct and assemble the...
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Early 2000s American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Metal
Framed Drawing of Rimbaud from the collection of Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
While Thierry Despont (1948 - 2023) was best-known for his architectural practice—for his integral role in the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, his re-imagining of the Ritz in P...
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Late 20th Century American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Paper
NB 05, Large-scale Painting of a Planet by Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known as a very successful architect, was also an accomplished artist. In his painting practice, when not analyzing the smallest, most detailed creatures of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Enamel
NB 29, Large-scale Painting of a Planet by Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known as a very successful architect, was also an accomplished artist. In his painting practice, when not analyzing the smallest, most detailed creatures of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Enamel
Contemporary Slipper Chair of Generous Proportions
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
This slipper chair features a tall, curved backrest evocative of a violin with its legs echoing these curves in black lacquer with gilt highlights.
While Thierry Despont (1948 - 20...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Giltwood, Upholstery, Lacquer
Tripodal Walnut Floor Lamp by Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
While Thierry Despont (1948 - 2023) was best-known for his architectural practice—for his integral role in the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, his re-imagining of the Ritz in P...
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20th Century American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Bronze, Steel
Three-tier Conical Chandelier
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
While Thierry Despont (1948 - 2023) was best-known for his architectural practice—for his integral role in the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, his re-imagining of the Ritz in P...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Steel, Chrome
NB 14, Painting of a Planet from the collection of Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known as a very successful architect, was also an accomplished artist. In his painting practice, when not analyzing the smallest, most detailed creatures of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Aluminum, Enamel, Silver Leaf
RF 0425, Print of a Pair of Fish by Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known for his very successful architectural practice, was also an accomplished artist. As a painter (and sculptor) he frequently took for subjects the smallest,...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Paper
Pair of Art Deco-style Mahogany Folding Tables inspired by Otto Wretling
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
While Thierry Despont (1948 - 2023) was best-known for his architectural practice—for his integral role in the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, his re-imagining of the Ritz in P...
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20th Century French Art Deco Thierry Despont Furniture
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Metal
NB 10, Large-scale Painting of a Planet by Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known as a very successful architect, was also an accomplished artist. In his painting practice, when not analyzing the smallest, most detailed creatures of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Found Object Sculpture of a Dragon, Thierry Despont, 20th Century
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures fa...
Category
Late 20th Century American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Metal
Tripodal Walnut Floor Lamp by Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
While Thierry Despont (1948 - 2023) was best-known for his architectural practice—for his integral role in the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, his re-imagining of the Ritz in P...
Category
20th Century American Thierry Despont Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Steel
RF 0426, Framed Print of a Pair of Fish by Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known for his very successful architectural practice, was also an accomplished artist. As a painter (and sculptor) he frequently took for subjects the smallest,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
Materials
Paper
NB 33, Large-scale Painting of a Planet by Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known as a very successful architect, was also an accomplished artist. In his painting practice, when not analyzing the smallest, most detailed creatures of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
Materials
Enamel
NB 37, Large-scale Painting of a Planet by Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known as a very successful architect, was also an accomplished artist. In his painting practice, when not analyzing the smallest, most detailed creatures of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
Materials
Enamel
RF 0412, Framed Print of a Pair of Fish by Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known for his very successful architectural practice, was also an accomplished artist. As a painter (and sculptor) he frequently took for subjects the smallest,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
Materials
Paper
Framed Drawing of an Insect from the collection of Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures fa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
Materials
Paper
Framed Print of a Pair of Fish from the collection of Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known for his very successful architectural practice, was also an accomplished artist. As a painter (and sculptor) he frequently took for subjects the smallest,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Thierry Despont Furniture
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Paper
Framed Print Depicting a Fish from the collection of Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known for his very successful architectural practice, was also an accomplished artist. As a painter (and sculptor) he frequently took for subjects the smallest,...
Category
Late 20th Century American Thierry Despont Furniture
Materials
Paper
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